Improved dish-drainer



@met @time HENRY F. POND, OF FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent o. 96,725, dated November 9, 1869.

IMPROVED DISH-DRAINER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all to whom these presents shall come Beit known that I, HENRY F.POND, of Franklin, in 'the county of Norfolk, Vand State ofMassachusetts, have made an invention of a new and useful Device forDraining Dishes while washing; and do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact de'- son'ption thereof, due reference being hadto the a'c- .companyingdra-wing, which is a perspective representationof my invention.

Housekeepers have long felt the want, while` wash- 'ing dishes, of someeffective and available device upon which to place plates, and variousother articles, to dran, so called, that is, to allow the excess ofwater to flow o them, until such time as they are wiped dry with atowel.

The purpose of this invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice for the above purpose, to be placed in thesink, or other localityin the immediate vicinity of the utensil in which the dishes are washed,and upon which such dishes may be allowed to stand, in such manner thatthe water shall readily ow from them.

The invention consists in a rack or frame of wood, cast-iron, or othersuitable material, provided with legs for elevating it some-distanceabove the bottom of the sink, or other place upon which it may stand,and, by this means, give a free opportunity for escape of water from thedishes, a component part or adjunct of such frame being a short troughorreceptacle for knives and forks, spoons, 86e., to be explained,

The accompanying drawing exhibits this rack as` composed of an enclosingframe, a, and a series of parallel bars, b b, very much after the mannerof an ordinary gn'diron, four standards or feet, c c c c, being securedto. or formed upon the' under surface of the four corners of the framea.

The bars should be such distance apart as to support a plate, saucer, orother shallow or at dish, in

- auangular position, such dish to be placed between the two bars, insuch manner that the gravity of its overhanging portion shall prevent itfrom dropping between them, as shown in the drawing.

Oups, and other like-shaped dishes, may be placed bottom-up upon theltop of the bars b b.

Furthermore, I afiix to a suitable part of the frame, (composed as abovedescribed,) preferably in one corner thereof, a short trough, d, thistrough, near its in ner end, being provided with a transverse ledge orrest, c, and, at its opposite end, with an outlet-oriiiee`, f, to permitof escapeof water.

' This trough d is for reception of knives, forks, spoons,

'or other similar articles, the ledge .c supporting them in an inclinedposition, and allowing the vwater to run from them, at the same timeraising their handles above any water there may' be in Athe bottom ofthe trough.

This device will be found a very useful one for the purpose intended,and, when not in actual use, maybestowed away in any convenientlocality, while its low cost will place it within the reach of all.

O' laten.

I claim the above-described device. for supporting dishes, knives, andspoons, while draining, such device consisting of the enclosing frame aand bars b b, when supported upon the feet c c, and provided with thetrough d, in manner and for the purpose as herein explained. v

HENRY F. POND.

Witnesses: f

HENRY E. POND, ALEX. THAYER.

